coming up good morning, america. breaking news in that deadly train derailment. authorities now reveal the amtrak train that flew off the tracks was traveling 50 miles over the speed limit. >> amtrak 501. emergency, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. >> at least three people killed. dozens injured. the investigation and the hero eagle scout who rushed in to help. decision day. republicans just hours away from passing their tax overhaul. president trump closing in on his first major legislative victory. the new report, who really wins and who loses? new trouble for the palin family. sarah palin's son now behind bars, accused of severely beating his father, todd. sarah palin forced to call 911, blaming medication. what really happened inside the

former vp candidate's home. and severe winds cause this massive stage collapse, killing a deejay, toppling this structure. debris crashed to the ground with thousands of concertgoers watching in horror. and good morning, america. we want to get right to that breaking news about that deadly train derailment in washington state. look at that scene yesterday, height of rush hour. trains dangling over one of the busiest interstates in the northwest, and now we know that the train was traveling at 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. >> yeah, it was the inaugural run on that particular track. you've seen the devastation from the exterior. we want to take you inside some of those cabins. these are the pictures from one of the survivors. it is incredible. these pictures are just incredible. it's crazy to think that some people survived this after

looking at some of those photos. >> absolutely. so fortunate, so lucky. here's what we know at this hour. at least three people were killed. more than 90 injured. 13 cars jumped the tracks on its first run. and it was the new route for the train and we want to go to abc's clayton sandell on the scene in dupont, washington, who has more. good morning, clayton. >> reporter: good morning, michael. you can see behind me here this is still a very active scene. we want to show you, you can see there is a big yellow crane right now that's beginning to remove train cars from the overpass at this hour. a major interstate below still shut down as investigators try and figure out what made this train go off the tracks. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a triumphant day, but in an instant amtrak 501's inaugural run on a faster track turned into tragedy. >> there was a lot of metal and a lot of screeching and a lot of just being turned around. >> reporter: this morning investigators are on the scene trying to determine what caused the passenger train to hurdle off an overpass. >> the train was going at 80 -- about 80 miles per hour.

>> reporter: in a 30-mile-per-hour zone, right? >> that's right. >> reporter: railcars crashing into vehicles on the interstate below. officials say so far three people from the train were killed. over 100 injured. >> it was wet, it was cold. we had downed power lines. we also had downed trees. it was very slippery and there's no access to this scene except from i-5 so our responders were climbing up and down this hill trying to get to those victims. >> reporter: amtrak cascades train 501 left seattle just after 6:00 a.m. 85 passengers and crew on board. at 7:34 a.m., a locomotive and 12 cars careening off both sides of the overpass. >> amtrak 501, emergency, emergency, emergency, we are on the ground. >> is everybody okay? >> i'm still figuring that out. we got cars everywhere and down onto the highway. >> reporter: the impact of the crash caused passengers to fly out of their seats. >> people were flying, you know, you're like, oh, my god. this is real, and you start to

see the roof kind of peel, and you are, like, is this ever going to stop? >> it was almost like being inside a dryer machine, shook completely to the other side of the train and then back. >> reporter: when dan and his girlfriend came across the accident scene, the eagle scout sprang into action. >> there was injured people walking all over the place in shock and i was like, dude, somebody needs to just be a leader, sort of organize. one of the trains had tipped upside down and kind of spilled the passengers out, and then the train came down on top of them. that's where i was like, whoa, this is gnarly and those victims were pretty badly beat up and even when people were pin under the train, i grabbed the dude's hand and i was, like, rubbing his back and i'm so impressed by you, you're a champion, and just talking to him. >> reporter: now, one safety system that might have made a difference is called positive train control or ptc. you can think of it like an autopilot. if the train is going too fast, ptc automatically slows you down but officials say even though ptc was installed on these

tracks, it had not yet been activated. george. >> big problem there. clayton, thanks very much. i want to bring in chris carnes now. he is from the pierce county transit advisory board, and he was on that train yesterday. and chris, thank you for joining us this morning. you knew the train was going fast. you were tweeting about it. >> yes, we were passing traffic as we were going along the highway. >> and you even said you thought you were going around 79 miles an hour. did you think it was too fast? >> i -- well, we had never been -- there's been no passenger traffic -- travel on this route before so it -- we didn't really have any experience about it. >> so when was the first moment you knew something was wrong? >> so, everything seemed to be going fine up until the point where there's this turn where you have to go on an overpass over i-5 and so it really only what we felt was for a split second we felt a little -- we

felt like we were going into a turn but then we heard -- felt some jittering and the next thing we knew, we were flying off the rails and then down an embankment. >> there was no slowing down as you head into that curve? >> it -- i don't recall any. >> so you say you went down into an embankment. what kind of fall was that for you? >> for me it was -- we were just sort of catapulted into the seats in front of us. >> and you look okay right now. you had no injuries. what about everybody else in the car? >> most -- most of the passengers in our car had only minor injuries. there was one person who in the car in front of us, they were catapulted to the front of the car and they were pretty badly injured. they were unconscious but still breathing. >> so you're tilted on this embankment. how did you get out?

>> so, we -- at first we tried the emergency door but that wouldn't budge because the train car had been crumpled and so what we had to do was we pulled out the strap -- the string around the emergency window and we kicked that out. >> were people panicked, screaming, crying, calm? >> no, there were -- there were people screaming behind us in the car behind but, there was no way we could access them. >> and what could you see of the cars -- i think they were ahead of you -- that actually went over the overpass? could you see that at all? >> yeah, so the cars that -- we were on the other side so couldn't see the cars that went over the overpass. but what i could see from the window was we had disconnected from the other -- the back portion of the train and i could see that someone had been catapulted from the train onto the ground. >> just an unimaginable scene but we're glad you're okay, chris.

thanks for sharing your story this morning. >> thank you. >> paula. we want to move to washington. it is decision day on capitol hill for the republicans. $1.5 trillion tax bill. president trump is on the cusp of getting his first major legislative victory, and our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill for us with the very latest. good morning to you, mary. >> reporter: good morning, paula. well, the final votes are just hours away. republicans poised for that first major victory, but will it be a win for the american people? republicans and the president insist this bill is aimed at the middle class, but a new analysis shows the long-term benefits will actually go to the rich. after the first decade the report finds the wealthiest americans would receive a tax cut while 70% of middle income americans would see their taxes go up and the president and his family could stand to benefit personally from tax cuts for the wealthy down from more than 39% to 37% and a provision of this bill that is aimed at benefitting certain owners of

businesses like commercial real estate firms. >> okay, so, mary, we've been hearing the republicans have the vote even without senator john mccain who is recovering from cancer treatment. but how confident should they be right now? >> reporter: well, paula, there have been protesters up here on the hill trying to convince republicans not to do this but to no avail. right now they do have the votes in the senate right now. there's not a single republican no vote. there are a handful of moderate republicans in the house who oppose this but, that is not enough to block this bill. this tax bill appears to be headed for the president's desk, paula. >> all right, mary bruce reporting from capitol hill. thank you very much. george. also breaking this morning the white house calling on north korea formally blaming kim jong-un for that crippling ransomware attack last may that affected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. our senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, is in washington with the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. the u.s. is blaming north korea for a cyber attack which paralyzed hundreds of thousands of computers in companies and homes worldwide.

in an op-ed release last night, thomas bossert writes, the attack was widespread and cost billions. north korea is directly responsible. it's not the first time. george, you remember in 2014 the u.s. accused north korea of hacking sony pictures for an unflattering movie about their dictator. bossert is calling on the international community to improve cybersecurity, and we could see the u.s. look to improve more sanctions. this latest salvo is likely to add to the ongoing tension with north korea, george. >> it certainly will. let's talk about it more now with cecilia vega and the editor in chief of " john avlon. let's pick up where pierre left

off, the white house calling for new sanctions directly blaming north korea. quite a contrast from the way the president deals with the russian meddling and cyber attacks. >> it's stark. the administration is being tough and clear-eyed, aggressive, but in yesterday's strategic document, the president side-steps the issue of russia and their incursions in american elections. and his cabinet is hawkish but the president remains fundamentally uncomfortable so the contrast is striking. >> cecilia, no question this is the biggest legislative victory yet for the president. good way for him to end the year. >> reporter: yeah, certainly, and they are poised for a big celebration when this actually happens. he's actually tweeting about it this morning. george, take a look. he just put this out on twitter. he says the bill's impact to the economy is not totally understood and appreciated. quote, biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. enjoy and create many beautiful jobs. spoken like president trump there. but fact checkers agree this isn't actually the biggest tax cut ever passed. he is poised for a big celebration, but this is dangerous political territory. there are a lot of polls out there that show that a number of americans, more than half of americans disagree with this plan, george, and two-thirds of them say that it will benefit the rich over the middle class. >> yeah, let's bring that to john avlon. this is a tax cut. yet in some ways it's more unpopular than tax increases have been in the past. will that matter? >> that's unusual.

everyone loves a tax cut. tax hikes are tough to get through, but the math here is upside down. this has been sold as a middle class tax bill and simplification. it is a big political win for republicans and the president but doesn't deliver on those two promises. >> that's what democrats are hoping for come november in the mid-term elections. meantime, cecilia, the russia investigation continues to hang over the president. the white house hoping this week that some of that cloud may be lifted. they've scheduled this meeting between the white house lawyers and special counsel robert mueller's team. >> reporter: yeah, and this is a pretty standard meeting from what we understand. the lawyers want to get a sense of where this case stands. they likely want to know whether president trump himself is under investigation. they've had to -- lawyers have had to change what they are telling the president behind closed doors. they had initially told him would be done by thanksgiving. and then christmas and now pushed it back and wrapped early into next year. we know it's expected to go well into 2018. >> is the president braced for that, cecilia? that's the question.

>> that is the question, george. he has long said this is a witch-hunt. we hear him repeatedly say that they've done nothing wrong here so that certainly is the standard line, but, look, this is a cloud hanging over this white house. there is absolutely no doubt about that. they cannot shake this and want to focus on tax reform, focus on the agenda going forward in 2018 but these questions are still hitting them hard. >> john, it's been reported that the white house is hoping for a letter of exoneration from the special counsel. that's unlikely to come any time soon and the big question does the special counsel want to talk to the president? >> that is going to be one of the big moments. that's not how it works. you don't get an assurance of a letter of exoneration to allow everything to go forward. the investigation will go forward. the question is whether they'll interview the president will be key. but this thing is vast and fast-moving. if the white house needs to calm the president down by promises that he's off the hook, they're going to be sorely disappointed. coal in that stocking for christmas. >> thanks very much. paula. thanks, george. we want to move to breaking news

overseas. police in the uk have foiled a christmas terror attack making arrests this morning. our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell has the latest from london. ian, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, paula. well, what we're hearing is early this morning police in northern england searched a number of properties in two towns, four men aged between 22 and 41 have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack. a police spokesperson telling abc news it was planned on a venue connected with christmas celebrations, and it was foiled at an advanced stage. no further details of what the target was or where but we know that the searches are going on in the area. this comes on the one-year anniversary on the attack on the berlin christmas markets that left 12 dead and somber reminder that the threat of more attacks seems undiminished. paula. >> great that they foiled it. ian, thanks for reporting. michael. thank you, paula. back here at home, there are new concerns about holiday travel as millions prepare to hit the road and sky. ginger, you're watching two storm systems this morning, and what are you seeing?

>> and, michael, you have to call your parent notice houston. that's where we start our issues this morning. dense fog. you should see in this image the skyline of houston but can't see anything because visibility is zero, and dense fog advisories from there, includes tampa and nashville, and a huge area along the east coast dealing with that, and the warm front comes in. a lot. moisture pooling along it and could see strong storms including an isolated tornado and certainly damaging wind and that moves to the east and affects atlanta by noontime tomorrow. dallas is tonight during the drive and then we've got another storm to talk about. this one affecting the west coast first and looks like really heavy winds. i'm talking 70 plus mile per hour winds in many of these areas. then a lot of snow for parts of the northern plains. it's an overall two to four inches where you're seeing the snow but some spots up to a foot, michael? >> all right. thank you, ginger. when ginger says you should call your mother, literally, i went back to a teenager. what did i do? you got to let me know that's coming.

>> are you going to call your mom and dad? >> i am. i have to. >> on the break at 7:20. >> he's okay, ginger. just a little panic. let's go now to atlanta. they are getting things back up and running after that travel nightmare. a power outage bringing the world's busiest airport to a screeching halt for 11 long hours affecting thousands of passengers. many of whom are still feeling the effects this morning and abc's marcus moore is there with the latest. marcus, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, paula, good morning to you. the flights are back up and running here at hartsfield-jackson in atlanta but we are still seeing the impacts of sunday's outage. look at this. absolutely a sea of bags here in the delta baggage claim. it really is an astonishing thing to see row after row of bags literally covering the airport floor waiting to be claimed. this is the remnants of that massive power outage that canceled 1,500 flights over the past couple of days and also stranded thousands of passengers in the terminals. but there's good news this morning. the airport is back up and

running at 100% and so far today we've only seen a handful of cancellations and also delays as a result of that power outage, and this as people try to get to their final destinations, paula. we're hearing this morning that some people may not be able to fly out until thursday, and when you look around at this suddenly i'm thinking of polka dot travel bag is not a bad idea to find it. in the sea of bags. >> that is a pile right there. >> you always want it to be not so subtle. the polka dot travel bag is coming your way. thanks for your reporting. we switch gears to a celebration of sorts of one of the greatest basketball players of all time, kobe bryant. he was so great, in fact, he two jerseys, not one but two retired j j jerseys last night by the l.a. lakers. they both hung high in the rafters at the staples center. you can he have the proud mr. bryant there and that is what he called home court, the house that kobe built and led the lakers to five championships in his legendary 20-year career. that is a long time to play. his family was with him for the

emotional salute and he had this message for his fans. very simply said. work hard enough and dreams come true. >> he has a work ethic. >> he does have a work ethic. magic johnson, kareem abdul-jabbar, bill russell, jerry west and shaquille o'neal all showed up. >> 20 years, pretty impressive. >> a long time to do anything. let's go back to ginger. a lot of cold air moving behind the storms. >> watch this. this is christmas morning, wind chills -- hey paula, call your mom and dad and warn them. >> i'm in trouble too. we're all in trouble. >> windchills. all right. your local weather in 30 seconds. first though, the chilly cities brought to you by burlington.

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good morning. we're on storm watch. here's a look at what to expect later tonight. light rain less than 0.2 inch of rain and breezy at times with gusts to about 35 miles per hour. 31 in san ramon. our cool spot to 47 right now in san francisco. also los fwa toes. here's a quick look at a beautiful sky from our exploratorium. good on the roads, mass transit and on the bay. my accuweather seven-day forecast, our next chance of rain after tomorrow is christmas. >> thanks, mike. we'll have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and abc7news.com.

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off on an overpass onto the highway killing at least three people and injuring around 100. as we said, this was the inaugural run on this particular track. >> yeah, it was and those california wildfires so, so devastating but look at this sign of hope right here. during a water drop, you see that rainbow right there on the left. they are making progress in the battling to contain this right now but there are new concerns about winds that are on the way. and check this out. from the beginning america has been a nation defined by its people. >> that is the new robot down at disney world. president trump's animatronic debut at the hall of presidents walt disney world. he stands between abraham lincoln and ulysses grant. the hall debuted at the magic kingdom in 1971. >> that is his voice too. ever since 1990 the presidents have been doing that hard for george washington to do that. >> too late for that. >> not george washington.

we begin with that new trouble for the palin family. sarah palin's son track arrested and accused of beating up his father during an argument. sarah palin franticly calling the police, and abc's linsey davis is here with the story. linsey, we're hearing this morning that a gun was involved? >> a gun, good morning to you, paula. some tense moments at the palin household. this family altercation caused todd to pull out a gun and aim it at his son track but track allegedly beat his father so severely, he was bleeding with multiple cuts on his head, and this morning, sarah palin's oldest son is behind bars. >> reporter: police describe a chaotic scene at the family home of the former governor of alaska and 2008 vice presidential nominee sarah palin. >> you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull, lipstick. >> reporter: palin's 28-year-old son track, an army veteran, arrested in wasilla, alaska saturday night on assault and burglary charges. according to court documents obtained by abc news sarah palin called police just after 8:30 p.m. saying her son was freaking

out and was on some type of medication. charging documents state track palin went to the house to confront his father, todd, to get his truck, but his father told him not to come in. todd told police he went to the door with a pistol to protect his family. that's when according to the affidavit, track broke a window and went into the house, got his father on the ground and began hitting him on the head. this scene is a far cry from the portrait of the family depicted in the 2010 reality tv show, "sarah palin's alaska." >> this summer we're setting aside time to spend with family and friends. >> reporter: this isn't track's first run-in with the law. in january 2016 he was arrested for allegedly hitting the mother of his child. those charges later dismissed. at the time sarah palin suggested her son suffered from ptsd after serving in iraq. a stress disorder the u.s. department of veterans affairs says affected between 11% and 20% of iraq war veterans. >> i can certainly relate with

other families who kind of feel these ramifications of some ptsd and some of the woundedness our soldiers do return with. >> reporter: in september of 2014, several family members were allegedly part of a brawl at an anchorage house party after track allegedly attacked another party guest who had previously dated his younger sister, willow palin. no criminal charges were filed. >> i heard sarah palin scream out, you know who we are, don't you? it was like we were just on a jerry springer episode. >> reporter: track remains in custody for this latest incident. a judge set bail at $5,000. the case will ultimately go to the grand jury. we reached out to the palins for comment but did not hear back. >> sounds like he just snapped. linsey, thank you very much. george? we move on to the mysterious death of a billionaire couple found hanging inside their mansion. police are calling the death of pharmaceutical tycoon, barry sherman and his wife honey suspicious, saying they were both strangled.

>> friends and family are in shock. the couple, the shermans, were philanthropists. their company employs thousands of people in canada and around the world making hundreds of generic drugs. now police want to know who would want them dead. >> reporter: barry and honey sherman were one of the world's healthiest couples, worth $3.2 billion thanks to their pharmaceutical empire. >> we started apotex in 1974, almost 40 years ago. >> reporter: known for giving money to charitable causes. >> we wanted to make sure that future generations would have a place they could call home. >> reporter: but this morning a community in shock after a real estate agent preparing for an open house reportedly found the pair hanging from a railing near this indoor pool inside their more than $5 million toronto home. the house had recently gone on the market. police say the cause of death was ligature neck compression. the homicide unit has now taken the lead in the investigation

despite some initial questions about a possible murder/suicide. those who knew them best say no way. >> they were great people and have given to the community and have done things for people, made people's lives better. >> reporter: according to friends of the couple, they were both eagerly awaiting a trip to florida. honey sherman had recently sent an e-mail saying, i am coming south monday, december 18th to friday january 12th. several friends say they received an invitation to a party the couple were planning at their home in palm beach. police say there was no sign of forced entry. >> police will draw a circle around both of them. they're going to look at their personal lives. they are going to look at their professional lives. they will look at their social lives. they will look at all of that. >> reporter: the shermans were well connected in canadian politics. prime minister justin trudeau tweeting his condolences to everyone touched by their vision and spirit. the shermans had four children and a grandchild. the family is urging police to conduct a thorough criminal investigation. barry sherman had been involved in a number of lawsuits

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back now with meryl streep responding to criticism over her reaction to the harvey weinstein

scandal after actress rose mcgowan, an alleged victim of weinstein, called streep a hypocrite. abc's diane macedo is here with the story. good morning, diane. >> good morning. streep is now speaking out to the press and saying while she once called harvey weinstein god, she actually barely knew him. >> reporter: this morning, actress meryl streep is defending herself after being slammed by rose mcgowan on twitter. mcgowan who accused disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein of raping her, wrote in a now deleted tweet that streep had happily worked for the pig monster and ridiculed her plan to join an army of actresses wearing black this award season as silent protest. mcgowan tweeted, your silence is the problem. i despise your hypocrisy. streep responded writing, i wasn't deliberately silent. i didn't know. i don't tacitly approve of rape. i didn't know. i don't like young women being assaulted. i didn't know this was happening.

she also said of mcgowan, i want to let her know i did not know about weinstein's crimes, not in the '90s when he attacked her or through subsequent decades when he proceeded to attack others. streep worked on several films distributed by weinstein like "august: osage county" and "the iron lady." >> we shall not wait another second. >> reporter: she even won a golden globe for "iron lady, " d and praised weinstein. >> i just want to thank my agent, kevin and god, harvey weinstein. [ laughter and applause ] the punisher, old testament, i guess. >> reporter: but streep later spoke out against weinstein in october calling his behavior inexcusable and the women who spoke up heroes saying she didn't know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues or his inappropriate coercive acts. in her new statement she adds, i don't know where harvey lives nor has he ever been to my house. i have only been to his office once.

h.w. was not a filmmaker. he was often a producer. primarily a marketer of films made by other people but not every actor, actress and director who made film that is h.w. distributed knew he abused women. streep also says she's sorry mcgowan sees her as an adversary writing we are both together with all the women in our business standing in defiance of the same implacable foe. weinstein has denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. as for streep, in addition to the statement, she said she tried to reach out to mcgowan by phone but still has had no luck in contacting her. >> this wasn't the first time mcgowan had gone after her. >> we saw it earlier when meryl streep was quoted as calling this a gargantuan sample of disrespect, what was being said about weinstein, and mcgowan tweeted back with a few expletives, but essentially saying, no, it's a crime. this isn't the first time they've had a back and forth like this. >> is this protest gaining strength? >> the reports were that a few actresses including meryl who is up for a golden globe were planning on wearing black as a

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hamels donating a mansion worth nearly $10 million to kids with special needs. >> yes, that mansion is near branson, missouri, and the former mvp is making christmas dreams come true. t.j., tell us how this came about. that house is not finished. they are not finished building it. >> they were building their dream home and just gave their dream home away. all right, coal hamels for y'all don't know he's a superstar pitcher playing for the phillies for a long time in philadelphia, well, they were building the dream home -- he and his wife, heidi, at that point, in her home state of missouri. well, he was then traded to the texas rangers while the house was still being built. they got to texas and liked it so much, you say, you know what, i think we'll stick around in texas. we don't want that house anymore and tried to sell it for $9.5 million, and they went and found a charity that could use it, and they are giving it to them. all theirs, ten acres. big old house. >> how do you feel about it? >> it's incredible. >> you know what, the cool thing, this is a ten bedroom 32,000 square foot house.

10 bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, the math didn't add up. they have three kids.ds. maybe we should give this away. it's a great thing to do but it's not finished yet. look at this. >> spectacular. do you think the camp -- are they going to keep it or try to sell it and use the money for -- >> it sounds like they'll be able to use this for a camp for kids. special needs kids and chronic illness and siblings have a place to go. it has so much space there. it sits on ten acres and shoreline as well. yes, it is perfect for what this charity needs so good for him. >> good for him. >> good for cole hamels and good for you, t.j. >> good start for you on this tuesday. coming up, that terrifying stage collapse at a concert and a holiday alert about a type of toy battery after one sparked a fire. we're right back. alert about a type of toy battery after one sparked a fire. we're right back.

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other people were injured and that is just one of those things that can happen in those outdoor concerts. especially they knew the storm was coming but there was nowhere for people to go. always so scary to see that type of thing happen. then you turn to the west and a big story for us talking about wind gusts. that big persistent ridge in place now could give gusts to the mountains east of santa barbara up to 60 miles per hour. red flag warnings will be hoisted and have been already north.

i'm zuf stnatasha zouves fro "abc7 mornings." an update on the fire, unfortunately one deceased. no word on a cause. we're on storm watch today. hi, everybody. temperatures with increasing clouds, 59 to about 62 degrees. warmer in san jose, 64. 7:00 to midnight is when the steady rain moves into the north bay. midnight to 4:00 around the bay. and 4:00 to 7:00 down in the south bay. sue? we go to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights have been on since 5:15 this morning and we are seeing a significant delay as you make your way into san francisco. in fact, let's take a quick look at some of your drive times. 508 tracy to dublin, 44 minutes, antioch into concord, 27

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. breaking news in that deadly train derailment. authorities now reveal that it was traveling 50 miles over the speed limit as it flew off the tracks and slammed into traffic below. at least three people killed. dozens injured. the latest on the investigation this morning. a new warning about holiday toys that could be right under your christmas tree. how a toy's lithium-ion battery sparked an inferno. what you need to know to protect your family. and what does it take to raise good men from children to young adults? this morning we're talking to teens on relationships, romance and consent. the crucial conversation to have right now. ♪ hungry like the wolf plus, internet stars rhett and link are taking over "gma"

with 4 billion views under their belt. life in times square, and they're saying -- >> both: good morning, america. [ cheers and applause ] good morning, rhett and link. 4 billion views. they are coming up. welcome to all of you this tuesday morning. we have a christmas story for everybody out there about a little boy who decided to take matters into his own hands to stop the grinch from stealing christmas. we have the story behind this photo. that's coming up in just a bit. >> i hope he knows how that story ends that the grinch's heart grows a whole lot. >> oh yeah, i think that's why he did that, called the cops on them. first this tuesday, we want to get the latest on the train derailment out west. we want to go back to clayton sandell on the scene in dupont, washington. good morning again, clayton. >> reporter: good morning again, paula. you can see over my shoulder here that half of interstate 5, a major interstate is still shut

down. they brought in that crane to begin the process of lifting those damaged rail cars off the overpass. three were killed, and around 100 injured when that amtrak train careened off the bridge. there were 85 passengers and crew on board. investigators with the ntsb say they are looking at speed as a major factor in this crash because the train was going at 80 miles per hour 30-mile-per-hour zone, but they have a lot to look at, and they have recovered a data recorder from a locomotive that will hopefully provide pieces to this puzzle. >> so much more to learn about why this happened. clayton, thanks for your reporting this morning. george? we're going to washington now. big day for president trump and the republicans getting ready to vote on their $1.5 trillion tax cut.

looks like it's going to pass both the house and senate. they want to get it signed before christmas. let's go back to mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning george. well, republicans and the president are on the cusp of their first major legislative victory, but there are still questions about who really wins and who loses here. republicans and the president insist this bill is aimed at the middle class but a new analysis shows the long-term benefit is likely to go to the rich. after a decade, the study finds the wealthiest americans would receive a tax cut. while 70% of middle income americans would see their taxes go up. the president this morning is up and tweeting, touting this as the biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. experts however say that does not appear to be true but republicans i've talked to insist everyone will benefit from this bill. the voting is expected to get under way here in just a few hours and this bill appears to be headed to the president's desk. george. >> thanks very much. michael. all right, now to that little boy, taking matters into his own hands to stop the grinch from stealing christmas. 5-year-old tyler pitman from mississippi saw the movie and decided to stop the holiday

villain in his tracks by calling 911. take a listen. >> i just want to tell you something. watch for the grinch because the driven is gonna steal christmas, okay? >> okay, do you have any adults with you. >> ma'am, i'm sorry. this is my son playing on the phone. >> no, no, it's fine. he called in saying that the grinch was trying to steal his christmas. [ laughter ] >> well, the police, they took his -- they took his alert very seriously and came to his home and heard him out. then they took him to see the grinch in a holding cell. yeah, his 911 call saved christmas. everybody, you can thank him when you see him in the streets. >> thank you for saving christmas. >> yeah, all the kids out there very happy. but tyler, thank you very much for doing what you did and we're glad you're on top of it all. >> that 911 operator seemed pretty tickled by it too. >> pretty good response by her. >> yeah. >> she went along with it. thanks, michael. we have a holiday toy alert

coming up after a battery led to a major apartment fire. and raising good men. paula had a time to sit down and talk to these teens about romance and consent. >> it was a fascinating conversation. plus, is george clooney returning to tv? we have all the details in "pop news." from us. because maybe you're already buying a car somewhere else. or maybe you want to shop around. or, maybe you don't want to drive a car at all anymore... like, maybe you want to ride a camel into the dessert and take a deep hard look within. just figure some stuff out for awhile. that's cool. whatever your plans for buying a car, carmax is the place to sell your car. okay, let's do this, tina, tchick-tchick. here we go, tchick-tchick. i believe in ya tina. c'mon now. ah, we can just hang out here. ♪ ♪

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♪ baby welcome back to "gma" and welcome to our great audience. [ applause ] you brought it up there. all of that for adrienne bankert and "pop news." i think it's all the love across this table. thank you guys so much. you know, we've got "pop news" for you. [ cheers and applause ] enrique iglesias, yes, longtime girlfriend anna kournikova welcoming twins over the weekend a boy and girl named nicholas and lucy, reported by tmz. no one even knew the notoriously private couple were expecting. they first started dating way back in 2001. congratulations to the new parents. >> congrats, twins. >> one for each of them. now a "pop news" exclusive. we have the look -- the very first look at the trailer for disney's "the nutcracker and the four realms."

let's take a look. ♪ >> it's christmas eve. time for mystery, expectations. who knows what might happen. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> whoo! you want to see it, don't you? >> when is it out? >> not out until next year, november of 2018. it's inspired. it's not a recreation but inspiration from the classic tale from e.t.a. hoffmann and stars keira knightley as the sugar plum fairy and helen mirren and the voice you heard was morgan freeman. do that again, michael. >> that was nothing like morgan freeman. >> it was real close. >> nothing like it. >> there is also a special

performance by prema ballerina misty copeland in the movie. disney's "the nutcracker and the four realms" opens november 2nd, 2018. >> i can't wait for that. [ applause ] >> they're teasing us, getting ready. george clooney is ready to begin work on a political thriller, and his publicist confirms he is developing a netflix series about watergate. clooney working with the screenwriter of steven spielberg's "bridge of spies" on an eight-part series about the 1970s political scandal. clooney, of course, getting his start on the regular tv, who can forget him on "e.r." >> let's just say who can forget him at all? doesn't matter. he unforgettable. >> do you know, fiction, nonfiction, documentary? >> we're still waiting to get all the details. i know you'll be watching. >> i will. adrien adrienne, thanks very much. a new warning about battery dangers after one ignited an apartment building fire that caused major damage. linzie janis is back with that story. these lithium-ion batteries can be found in a lot of popular christmas toys.

>> that's right, george. this is a reminder of the hidden dangers inside these batteries and cautionary tale for shoppers buying gadgets to put under the tree. >> reporter: we have seen it before. lithium ion batteries bursting into flames like with these hoverboards. >> i know. it's crazy. >> reporter: now investigators say a lithium-ion battery inside a children's toy is to blame for a fire in this indianapolis apartment building sunday. >> engine 43 on the scene of a two-story apartment building. we have spoke showing. >> reporter: no one hurt but officials say the fire that displaced four families and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage was sparked when the battery overheated. igniting this pile of toys being stored in the building's furnace room. >> in this particular case we simply think it got inadvertently turned on and overheated and ran and ran and, unfortunately, this is the end result. >> reporter: authorities say that is what ignited flames at this pennsylvania home. leaving a 3-year-old girl dead.

and just last month, the lithium ion battery inside a camera overheated. smoke coming from this backpack causing panic at the orlando airport. >> the lithium-ion battery itself because it can hold so much electrical energy gets hot and catches fire on its own or the lithium-ion battery gets hot and a flammable object within the toy, maybe the plastic or something else will catch on fire. >> reporter: when storing toys or electronics, experts say to make sure to keep them away from a heat source or combustibles like clothing or paper, and make sure the room is well ventilated. >> one of the things that people really don't like to do is read instructions, but it's very important with products like these that the parent reads and understands the instructions and any of the tips that are included about where to store them and how to store them safely. >> experts suggest you can remove the batteries from the toys once they're charged and store the items separately, also, after recharging unplug the charger from the toy and wall socket as an added

precaution. michael and paula. >> thank you. we turn now to our series "raising good men." paula had a chance to sit down with a group of boys. we'll call them young men between 12 to 16 years old for an important conversation in wake of the me too movement. >> you remember what it was like to be 12 years old. >> yeah, i'm trying to forget. >> boys in that age range between 12 and 16 are starting to have crushes and date but that territory comes with so many questions for both kids and their parents, so we're trying to get some answers. >> i'm dawson and i'm 12. >> reporter: they are six boys from the denver area. >> i'm sebastian, i'm 15. >> reporter: 12 through 16 years old. >> i'm giovanni and i'm 14. >> reporter: all at a critical age when experts say relationships come to the forefront. we ask what it's like to be a teenage boy. >> how many of you have crushes? >> i have a girlfriend. >> reporter: their parents watching and listening in but the boys don't know that. >> do your parents know you guys have crushes and/or girlfriends? >> yeah. >> no.

[ laughter ] >> try to keep it like on the down low. >> exactly. >> keep them out of your business, you know. >> reporter: dr. stephanie dowd, a child psychologist from the child mind institute also watching our interview says parents need to make it their business and convey what a healthy relationship looks like right from the start. >> having a healthy romantic relationship requires both partners to have empathy and see it from the other person's perspective. >> reporter: as the newness of dating sets in for these boys. >> you go places together, hold hands in the hallway. >> our school is really close to panera so on fridays we walk to panera and a lot of times we walk together. >> that's where the magic happens is at panera bread. they have good soup and salad. >> that is true. >> reporter: at this age experts say parents should expand that, quote, sex talk with boys and create a dialogue about romantic feelings, emotions and consent. >> this is specifically how you ask for consent. are you okay with this? does this feel comfortable to you?

it's as simple as that. parents just need to model that for their kid. >> what does it mean to have consent? >> both people that are doing something want to be doing it. >> let's say you are in class and you notice one of your classmates, a male, puts a hand on one of your female classmate's legs and doesn't have permission. is that okay? >> no. >> no. >> if it's sexual harassment you can't do that. >> when someone tells you to be a man, what does that mean? >> you have to be mature. can't show emotion, just got to be like manly. >> do you feel in order to be a man you have to hide your emotions? >> that's a part of it, yes. >> that's part of it. >> yeah, definitely. >> and you should be able to show your emotions no matter what and not have people think worse or lesser of you. >> these messages are very rigid for boys and men and they're dangerous. parents have to expand the definition of what it means to be a man. >> you know, your parents weren't in the room but they heard everything you said. >> what? no, they didn't.

>> the parents taking to heart the importance of their own behavior. >> when they touched on what it meant if someone said be a man was telling because i think sometimes we can send the wrong message. >> i loved how much they wanted to respect everybody else. >> it was pretty incredible. i got to say i don't think we give these boys enough credit. the moment that stuck out when i asked what does it mean to be a man. you could tell that, you know, they want to be able to express themselves but because of societal expectations they're not really allowed to and can't express their emotions. >> they expressed it well there. very well spoken. >> i want to bring in stephanie dowd. you were in the piece and we talk all about not having just -- these boys 12 to 16 so they're starting to have relationships. it's not just about having the sex talk, you want to broaden it out, what it means to be a strong relationship. how do you do that? >> the thing to remember is that teens really love to talk about love. so when you're a parent you want

to approach your teens with a compassionate curiosity. you want to ask them questions, find out what they think about relationships. ask them questions about what dating is like at your school. how do you know if two people are interested in each other. so get them talking. and then the other thing you want to do is you want to help them distinguish between a healthy, romantic relationship and an unhealthy one and you want to make sure that you tell them in a healthy romantic relationship is one in which there's mutual respect, compromise and genuine caring between the two people. >> this series has generated so much interest on social media. big platform for kids nowadays and here's something we got in on twitter. it says teach them that each person's body is his or her own, full stop. show him respectful treatment of all every day. social media as i said is big for this group. everybody is on it so as a parent how do you teach your kid how to respect and promote being respectful on social media?

>> right, social media is really tough. you know, it's important that parents tell their teen that anything they post could be posted anywhere and it could last forever so you want to tell your teen that if you post something, imagine that it could be posted on a billboard in the middle of times square for everyone to see including their grandmother and so that will get them -- >> you saw how shy they were when they heard their parents were watching. >> right. so it's a way for them to be mindful and aware what they put online could be seen by anyone. the thing to remember also with teens is that they tend to act based on instant gratification and they react without thinking. so you want to make sure you tell your teen, listen, before you post something, pause, think, maybe even walk out of the room and come back and then post what you want to post. but it's important that when they post, they're imagining a person behind the screen that they don't want to just post to a computer.

it's actually a person on the other end so you want to really encourage that empathy. >> lasts forever like you said. >> it does. >> dr. dowd, thank you so much and thanks for the guidance. hard to have conversations with boys but i love the advice just about having strong relationships, what a good and bad relationship is. tangible things we can take back to our homes. thank you. >> you're welcome. we want to send things back to ginger. >> because, paula, it is time for your "gma" moment and for this one we go to south bridge, massachusetts. to a dog who doesn't want to admit to what he's done wrong. >> bella, look at me. bella. look at me. >> bella is not making eye contact because -- >> was this you? >> she ripped up her dog bed and the other dogs in the room were like, it's not us. turned to bella and all of a sudden -- >> why did you do this? >> she is not having it. no, not me at all. i'm just going to be right over here.

good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco from morning m"abc7 morni" we are on storm watch. a cold front creates rain and wind. my accuweather highlights, clouds increasing, a little cooler this afternoon, another chance of wet weather christmas tay and the tay after. today's temperatures 59 to about 64 degrees, tonight, low to mid-40s except many the north bay, mid to upper 30s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, this storm still [ applause ]is storm still the new year is almost here and 2017, well, it was full of crazy trends from food to fashion and we all had a little "despacito" and -- ♪ despacito >> there we go. that's all we needed, adrienne. 2018 her album is coming out. >> adrienne's album is coming out. and tonight, robin is going to take a look back at doing it

with help from friends, and lara has a sneak peek. ♪ ♪ oh, i'm a rebel just for kicks, yeah ♪ >> reporter: 2017, starbucks introduced the unicorn frappuccino but also unicorn makeup and unicorn food. >> i'm waiting to are a unicorn car. >> the unicorn phenomenon is here because we don't want to be here so we want to live in our fantasy world. >> reporter: it was a year of wonder. >> takes a lot of work to look this good. >> reporter: "wonder woman." >> diana prince. >> reporter: wonderstruck, and the rest of us wondering why these women wore glitter and not much else. >> body glitter is back. only because one person wore it and it just rubbed off on everyone else. ♪ >> reporter: "despacito" became the most watched youtube video in history. >> the speed was incredible and i was like, people are going to start getting tired of it and it kept on growing and growing.

you know, proud mom. you know. oh. so proud. ♪ >> reporter: our other big obsession of 2017, fidget spinners. >> you know, sometimes you sit up there and just play with this thing. >> what else does it do? >> you know what, it is relaxing. >> still spinning. >> actually, it's intoxicating. >> i think i'm a good investor. no way i would have figured out fidget spinners. >> like magic. what is this? >> i like the fact that people are intrigued with a small device that is exploiting at least two or three different laws of physics. >> now all of a sudden i get it. i want one. can i keep this? [ cheers and applause ] >> very -- it was a good year, let's put it that way. been a very good year. >> did they ever have a unicorn fidget spinner? that's my question. no. >> maybe -- >> i stumped you. >> i'm trying to think how that would work.

>> it might be dangerous. >> let's forget it. >> that could stump somebody on "jeopardy." michael, you got to sit down with austin rogers, that quirky, quirky champ. let's take a look. >> a bartender from new york, new york, austin rogers. >> reporter: he is this year's "jeopardy" superstar. >> he's got hair, he's got chutzpah. >> reporter: he's on a roll. this bartender served up more than $400,000 in winnings and became a fan favorite on 2017 "jeopardy." who would that be? >> it was me, wasn't it? >> who is austin rogers, that is right. that's you, man. not bad work for a few days. >> it was all right for a couple hours, yeah. >> you're like an internet sensation. when you go down the street, are people, like, austin! >> yes, all the time. all the time. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah. what an interesting guy. he's not putting on a show on "jeopardy." that is really him. he got a haircut but he's still recognizable and had a great run. made a lot of money.

you can watch "the year 2017" hosted by robin roberts. that's tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central right here on abc. and coming up, great reads that make great gifts, our audience members can't put these books down. there they are. they've been reading the entire show, not paying attention to anything we had to say. the top authors revealing their favorite this season right here on "gma." we'll be right back. your "gma" moment brought to you by the frame from samsung, the most beautiful tv you've never seen. ♪

good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." we are still tracking that developing news in concord where crews are on the scene of a fatal house fire. it broke out about 6:20 this morning near coventry and clayton roads. officials say one person was found dead inside that home. no word on what started the fire. we do want to get a check of our traffic. hi, sue. >> good morning, jess. good morning, everyone. as you can see by the red, it is definitely busy. we have a couple of trouble spots. let's go over to oakland. this one is westbound 580 near keller, motorcycle down, and i am seeing slow traffic westbound in the commute direction. 16th oak street here, an

accident partially blocking the left lane.

back on storm watch, 1, light on our storm impact scale. less than 2 tenth tn inches of rain and breezy from 7:00 to midnight up in the north bay with scattered showers elsewhere. midnight through 7:00, the heart of the bay and out of the south bay right after the morning commute. jessica? thank you.

we'll have another abc7 news update in about 30 minutes and ♪ candy cane lane welcome back to "gma," everybody. you see the books right there. we have a great audience. thanks for waking up early on this tuesday morning. and, george, you'll kick things off for us. >> it's related to all these books. could be a great christmas get for anybody. only six days away if you haven't finished your shopping yet and we went to some of the best-selling authors to give us their holiday picks. >> the book i'm giving away this holiday season is "wonder valley" by ivy pochota set in l.a. >> i'm giving this "breaking bread" by martin phillip. not only a beautiful cookbook but memoir of how it's woven through his life. >> i'm giving called "little

fires everywhere"? i'm giving out "piecing me together" by renee watson. i hope none of my friends are watching. [ cheers and applause ] >> great choys right there and now it's our turn. we didn't know what to call it. gift exchange. white elephant. >> almost secret santa because we all know now. >> i didn't know what we're getting. >> we don't know what we're getting. >> i'm not showing you. i'm just peeking at it. >> one is for you? thank you, george. >> you're welcome. >> it's george's new book. >> a box full of money. no, it's a book called "sneakers." >> i will be honest. i had good intel you will love it. history of sneakers. i diddant know it like an $80 billion a year business and incredible photos and talked to some of the designers as well. >> what is old is new with these shoes and want to buy air

jordans, used to be 100 bucks, now about 2500 bucks. >> which is why i didn't get you some shoes. >> this will be put to great use, thank you. take that out of the box. paula, i'm up next, i have something for you. and this -- >> is it a book? >> it's a book. >> okay. it's -- >> it is called "higher is waiting" and it's by tyler perry. everybody knows hip as an incredible actor, producer. >> autobiography. >> yes, and certain way, you know, everyone sees the success he has now but has gone through tough times, the way he grew up but has taken that and has said faith over fear and how he's taken the challenges in life and he's chosen a better path for himself and i think it's an enlightening book and encouraging book and i thought you might like it. >> am i next? i think i have adrienne. >> so excited. i love gifts. i love surprises. >> it's a book.

>> i love gifts. >> i do. i do. >> okay "you are free, be who you already are." i like the title. >> the author is a friend of mine. adrienne and i are women of faith. we have these conversations a lot but i just want to encourage you i went through a hard time last year, i was having panic attacks and i was just filled with a lot of anxiety especially at work and this book really got me through it. mine is completely highlighted. >> don't cry. >> i'm trying not to. >> i knew her before i read the book and i -- this is such an encouragement to anyone who is feeding into the lie that our worth is determined by what people think of us which can then cause a lot of anxiety so i hope this frees you from any sort of burden or anxiety and this was life changing. >> thank you. that's very touching. thank you very much. that's beautiful. [ applause ] well, i got -- >> are you going to change my life? we are all world changers but i think this will encourage you in what you already like. >> wow. >> i hope you enjoy it.

>> oh, this is -- i've heard such great things about this book. this is a biography of ulysses s grant. really fantastic book. >> supposed to be an extreme history lesson, nearly a thousand pages of history. >> have fun, george. >> "grant." but the author has written history books on hamilton, on rockefeller. soy jpmorgan. so he is intense and i think -- >> his book on "hamilton" was the inspiration for "hamilton" on broadway. >> this might be the next play. >> you never know. >> you might star in it. >> or not. >> you might write the play. >> your book is so thick you can't even get the cover on it. can't get the cover of the gift -- >> you can do weights. resistance training and read at the same time. >> i tell you -- i love exchanging books. i think it's just the greatest thing and for everybody out there at home, have your kids do it. do it with your kids.

i think encouraging everyone to read no matter what it is. it's incredible. >> have them start book clubs with their friends, a kids book clubs. dulls do it. >> while you dive into "grant" i'll be diving into "sneakers." youtube comedy stars rhett and link hanging out in our green room right now getting ready for a crazy taste test and have unique holiday breakfast dish

back now with some special guests and nothing is off-limits for these two guys, some of the biggest entertainers on the internet. more than 17 million tune in to their youtube channels and videos have more than 4 billion views. give it up for the hosts of "good mythical morning." rhett and link. come on out, fellas. how are you doing, man. >> good to see you.

>> good morning. >> rhett, good to see you. >> man. [ cheers and applause ] yoe shorter on youtube. that's what i'm going to say. but, hey, you guys post everything. you do music videos but do these crazy taste tests. how did you get started doing all this? >> well, we've been best friends since first grade and we've always been eating stuff. but then we determined that putting those two things together in a show when the food is really weird was actually working. >> when it maybes link gag that got more clicks and then it just started feeding on itself and feeding on more things more difficult to feed on. >> if there are kids looking at you, any advice to get into the game? >> don't do it. we don't need the competition. [ laughter ] >> that's good advice. but you know what, we'll participate in some of the things that you do and have a little taste test of some recipes that you guys have cooked up. we have our audience members over here. [ applause ]

yes. >> and i'm going to sit here in the middle. what's your name? >> michael. >> michael. >> sagan and helen. you are brave because these guys -- >> you made the wrong choice today. >> they're specialists so what do we have here? what are we going to try. >> 'tis the season to make holiday versions of different things and we have holiday versions of all different things but haven't done that with breakfast. >> so we'll christmasify and holidayify breakfast. >> okay. i'm ready. let's go. >> first thing is we live in l.a. you cannot go to breakfast or brunch without being handed some avocado toast. but what's the holiday version of that avocado gingerbread. so we have right here and it's -- >> you don't seem like you want to pick yours up. >> i never put those two things together.

>> we dink and then we sink it. >> yum. >> i'll be honest with you, that's not bad. >> that's not bad. [ applause ] >> getting in the holiday spirit. you'll get your healthy fats and your gingerbread on. >> tell you what, that's truly pretty good. okay. and what do we have up next? this is scrambled eggs -- >> of course. >> but what's on top. >> scrambled egg ises just normal staple of any breakfast but then the staple of the holidays is eggnog so we have eggnogified these scrambled eggs. [ applause ] and eggnog in there. >> all right. dink and dunk it >> that's close. dink it and sink it. you can dink and dunk it if you want to. >> oh. >> there you go.

>> we're bonding over here. >> what do you guys think? >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> i'm going to tell you right now, sagan, don't lie. it's nasty. >> it's not great. it is not good. >> that didn't work. >> it doesn't always work. we test so you don't have to. >> i have a question, what's the one thing that you eat that you still to this day makes you cringe when you think about it? >> oh, of people eat this congealed blood. they put it in soups and we put it on tack doughs and it's always absolutely horrible. >> on a pizza is not great. >> i'll be honest with you, i'm getting sick just talking to you. you know what, everyone loves this channel. billions of views. i see why. this gingerbread avocado is actually going to become one of my staples for the holiday season. i really like that and appreciate you guys coming on and see rhett and link do one more taste test if you go to our

facebook page. that's where you can see it. see more of them on their youtube channel as well. "good mythical morning" is their show. don't miss that and we'll go outside to ginger. >> outside a great crowd, michael. ladies from maryland. you're here just -- >> checking out. >> just on vacation. >> checking out christmas. good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco. we are on storm watch. the rain is on the way. until then, my accuweather 12-hour day planner shows increasing clouds and not quite as warm as yesterday. ou now we want too get to our season of giving. our sponsor wells fargo leading an incredible food drive that we helped kick off here on "gma" and teaming up with the united way to make more holiday meals possible with a $5 million donation. that's pretty great. so far, 52,658 meals have been

delivered to local food banks and we've got a story showing how those donations help. for mary anne and her husband benjamin the spirit of giving isn't discuss a holiday tradition but full time labor of love. >> can you carry it yourself. >> reporter: almost seven years ago they launched faith food fridays to help feed the hungry in vallejo, california. >> right now we have 1200 people a week. >> reporter: it's a humbling experience for mary anne who works for wells fargo but once struggled to put food on the table as a single mom. >> i now what it takes to get to a food bank so i keep that in my mind as i'm working with the people that come to get food from us. i'm going to mix spaghetti with. >> reporter: providing boxes of foods to people like linda dupree who need something to supplement her social security check. >> i count on tem so i can feed

my family and myself as well as cook for the people in the street who have no kitchen and have no way to cook. good afternoon, gentlemen. come get yourself some hot food. >> reporter: so wells fargo decided to pay all of that generosity forward giving the buggs this big surprise. >> on these trucks is over 2900 canned goods and nonperishable items and we also have coming later almost 900 pounds of meat as well to be able to help you guys to be able to impact the holidays. thank you. >> thank you. >> no, no, thank you. >> i had no idea this was coming. i'm going to start cry dmg a minute this. is going to go to help so many people in our area. i just thank you. thank you so much again. those who are always helping me and supporting me. [ applause ] >> if you want to help you can still donate to the food drive through december 30th. just bring nonperishable items to wells fargo branches across the nation and i know all of you

are excited. dawn, i know you're pumped because g'eazy and halsey are performing live next so don't go anywhere. [ applause ] ♪ "gma's" season of giving is brought to you by wells fargo. now accepting food donations to make more holiday meals possible.

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fortime to share the warmth with family and childrens in need. >> you just have to bring your gently used coats to your local burlington store. >> donate. >> announcer: go to any burlington store to donate a coat and join our annual coat drive. >> thank you, guys. great to have you here today. i want to tell you about a program on tonight, finale of "the long road home," the miniseries based on a book by our own martha raddatz about americans caught in an ambush in iraq and airs on nat geoand after that she will reunite with the men and women who inspired that series. >> g'eazy and halsey, thank you. congrats on the new album.

we will see you. have a great tuesday.

hi. good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." let's check in with mike nicco. mike, it's cold out there, but do we need an umbrella? >> later tonight. rain's going to fall while most of us are sleeping. here's a look at our storm impact scale, 1, light, less than 0.2 inches of rain. breezy tomorrow, even after the rain rolls through. 7:00 to midnight mainly in the north bay, 34 o'clock to 9:00 in the south bay and then it's over. my accuweather seven-day forecast. pretty cold afterward. sue? the bay bridge toll plaza, just past the metering lights near car pool lane, reports of an accident, still theyed into the macarthur maze because those metering lights are still on. we to have an accident in alamo, southbound 680 near lavorna, lanes blocked there. >> we'll be back at 11:00 for

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